Rustam Muradov
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Born | 21 March 1973 Chinar, Derbentsky District, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Years of service | 1990–present |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Commands | 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army |
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| Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation Order of Courage (2) Order of Military Merit Order of Alexander Nevsky |
Colonel General Rustam Usmanovich Muradov (Russian: Руста́м Усма́нович Мура́дов; born 21 March 1973) is a Russian Ground Forces officer. In December 2024 he was appointed Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces.
Muradov was the Commander of the Eastern Military District from 2022 to 2023, and was previously the Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District from 2018 until 2022. He was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2017.
In October 2022, General Muradov was appointed Commander of the Eastern Military District. In April 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Muradov was unofficially relieved of his command following a series of failed Russian attacks close to the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar. These attacks resulted in notably high casualties for the Russian Armed Forces and the loss of scores of equipment pieces, including at least 26 tanks.